Great way of looking at it.
I realize that some of what we do during the FReepathons can be annoying to some people. Hey, it's annoying to us that are doing it, we miss out on other stuff.
I saw on another thread where JimRobinson says that it closer to 50,000 than 80,000 FReepers (due to banning, attrition, change of screen names etc). Fine.
WIMom came up with a list of about 400 FReepers who contiruted to the FReepathon threads inone way or another - lots of bumping by saying they contributed.
RottiBiz has a list of 166 monthly contributors, which includes 85 who contribute $1 a day.
BADJOE says there are around 525 monthly contributors. My calculation after yesterday's BOMB says those monthlies put in just shy of 23,000 a quarter. Which leaves a need of $47,000.
All I can say to those who complain about the "endless" Fundraiser threads and "thank you" threads - if each of you would contribute $5 a month, heck even $1 a month - the FReepathons would end, the carpet bombing "begging" posts would end, the worry of FR being here tomorrow would end. And we could all FReep to our hearts content.
I look forward to that day.